About

ABBYY FineReader PDF is a leading optical character recognition (OCR) and PDF editing application, first released in 1993. Developed by ABBYY and originating from Russia, it is renowned for its unmatched text accuracy, supporting 190 languages, and preserving original document layouts during conversion. The software's comprehensive product portfolio includes converting scanned documents to editable Word, Excel, or searchable PDFs, extensive PDF editing tools, annotation, signing, image-to-text conversion, and various PDF creation and manipulation features like splitting, merging, and protection. It also handles conversions between EPUB, image, text, and HTML formats. Available as a paid, proprietary solution for Microsoft Windows (from Windows 7), Apple macOS (from 10.12 Sierra), iPhone, and iPad, ABBYY FineReader PDF simplifies document processes with automated tasks. While specific revenue, leadership, and employee count data are not provided, it is consistently praised by users as the 'best OCR on the market' for its power, accuracy, and efficiency, though some note the Windows version offers more features than the Mac counterpart. It competes with other OCR solutions like Tesseract and PDF XChange Viewer.